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碬
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whetstone

HSK 10
Nature →Elements →Minerals
xiá
カ、ケ、ゲ
といし
하
Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 叚 represents the sound.
Components
石 stone+ 叚 fake =
碬 whetstone
石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
stone, rock, mineral
叚
叚 Phonetic component
jiǎ fake
false
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Notes
Similar Characters
叚 fake声 voice (jp)庶 various段 stage宕 stone quarry岩 rock (simp)泵 pump炻 a kind of china矶 submerged (simp)矸 a rock or cliff矻 slave矽 obsolete矾 alum (simp)矿 mine (simp)砀 brilliantly (simp)码 number (simp)砂 gravel砌 lay brick砍 chop砑 to grind
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
碬
Regular
Modern
Chinese
碬 [xiá]
whetstone
Example Sentences